A&E: The top 6 events this week

Aug. 16, 2013

The band Buckcherry, shown during an appearance at LazerFest, will play Aug. 25 at Wooly's. / Register file photo

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California Celtic band Gaelic Storm will headline a day full of music starting at 3 p.m. Friday on the Court Avenue bridge downtown. / Special to the Register

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1. This month’s Page to Stage script-reading at the Des Moines Social Club is Charles Mee’s “Big Love,” a modern take on a Greek myth about 50 runaway brides and their 100 cold feet. They escape on a yacht, only to be pursued by their grooms in helicopters. Chaos ensues. Free, at 7 p.m. Monday at the Kirkwood. www.desmoinessocialclub.org.

2. Do you miss your freshly sharpened No. 2 pencils this time of year? If so, join the StoryMob from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at the Des Moines Social Club’s Kirkwood Theater. The new round of the quarterly storytelling series focuses on “school-supply envy” and invites participants to tell a five-minute story (true or not) about a designated prop (this time: a backpack) before the mob awards $50 for the best tale. The upcoming session starts with stories from Eric Idehen, who directs an orphanage in Nigeria, and Yuki Shozaki, newly arrived from Japan, before the open competition. $5. www.desmoinessocialclub.org.

3. “Donzilla” Don Tjernagel, who has been described as “the best dirty comic ever,” brings his adults-only show to the stage at 9 p.m. Saturday at the Stoner Theater. He’ll share the spotlight with Gregory Timmerman and Tom Garland, who aren’t exactly Boy Scouts either. $10. www.desmoinesperformingarts.org

4. California Celtic band Gaelic Storm will headline a day full of music starting at 3 p.m. Friday on the Court Avenue bridge downtown. The band performed in the film “Titanic” and will release its 10th album, “The Boat­house,” this week. Also performing will be Kelly’s Clan, Midnight Reruns, North of Grand and others. Food and beverage vendors will be present, along with local art by Van Holmgren and TRONsformations. $20-$25. www.midwestix.com.

5. The Missouri rock band Someone Still Loves Your Boris Yeltsin headlines the first annual Shoot the Chutes festival with indoor and outdoor stages starting at 1 p.m. Saturday at Vaudeville Mews, 212 Fourth St. Also performing will be Maps & Atlases, the Melismatics, Prissy Clerks, Har-Di-Har and others. $12-$20. www.shootthechutes.com.